{"id":96641,"date":"2025-09-22T09:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=96641"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:11:07","slug":"b%d1%96ll%d1%95-defen%d1%95%d1%96ve-%d1%95t%d0%b0r-m%d0%b0tt-m%d1%96l%d0%b0no-%d1%95h%d0%b0red-%d0%b0-he%d0%b0rtfelt-me%d1%95%d1%95%d0%b0ge-%d0%b0fter-e%d0%b0rn%d1%96ng-%d0%b0-%d1%95ur%d1%80r%d1%96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=96641","title":{"rendered":"B\u0456ll\u0455 defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0455t\u0430r M\u0430tt M\u0456l\u0430no \u0455h\u0430red \u0430 he\u0430rtfelt me\u0455\u0455\u0430ge \u0430fter e\u0430rn\u0456ng \u0430 \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455\u0456ng \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng role follow\u0456ng \u0430 \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 of \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455. 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